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Help with fish ID #23873 11/27/06 12:40 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 135 NE Ohio A Asleep at the Wheel OP Lunker
OP Asleep at the Wheel Lunker A Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 135 NE Ohio	I took a couple pics yesterday of what I am hoping are yoy BG. Can anyone help ID? 2/3 acre pond 12 miles from that big pond we call Lake Erie.

Re: Help with fish ID #23874 11/27/06 12:44 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,772 Likes: 303 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,772 Likes: 303 Somerset, PA	I don't think it is a bluegill; it seems too narrow whereas a bluegill would have more of a pan shape. I wondered if it might be a LMB, but I don't think so either. My guess would be a minnow of some type. Let's see what the consensus is... Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: Help with fish ID #23875 11/27/06 02:00 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,513 Likes: 271 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,513 Likes: 271 Miss.	Not a BG yoy. How big is it? see these. LMB BG

Re: Help with fish ID #23876 11/27/06 02:09 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,854 Likes: 1 United States Bruce Condello Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Bruce Condello Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,854 Likes: 1 United States	Is this him? Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.

Re: Help with fish ID #23877 11/27/06 02:24 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,513 Likes: 271 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,513 Likes: 271 Miss.	Bruce says a pearl dace . Probably based on the scales and head of the large pic. a dace/shiner/minnow. See http://www.cnr.vt.edu/efish/families/cyprinidae.html

Re: Help with fish ID #23878 11/27/06 04:34 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 135 NE Ohio A Asleep at the Wheel OP Lunker
OP Asleep at the Wheel Lunker A Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 135 NE Ohio	My bad on not including a ruler. He was I would say about 1.5". I am now thinking he is a fathead minnow, hopefully yoy. Unlikely a LMB as there are non in that pond (as far as I know. New pond and I did not put any in). Defiitely too "long" now that I see the BG young. Only other possibility based on what is in there would be YP or RES (which I assume will be just like BG). I am ok with as many yoy minnows as I may have. The adults went into the pond first week of June. So hopefully conditions are good and I am able to have some FHM recruitment. I have not seen any yoy BG for sure but I will keep tossing the minnow trap in. Thanks. 2/3 acre pond 12 miles from that big pond we call Lake Erie.

Re: Help with fish ID #23879 11/27/06 06:26 PM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,000 Likes: 286 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker
Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,000 Likes: 286 Central Ohio	Closest I have seen to the unidentified fry of minnow (UFOM) is little GSH, but the mouth isn't really pointy enough. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: Help with fish ID #23880 11/27/06 06:55 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,772 Likes: 303 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,772 Likes: 303 Somerset, PA	At the very minimum, george g. has scored himself a beverage of choice, courtesy AATW, at the upcoming meeting. Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: Help with fish ID #23881 11/27/06 07:09 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,854 Likes: 1 United States Bruce Condello Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Bruce Condello Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,854 Likes: 1 United States	That picture is over four quadrillion pixels. It has more pixels than there are drops of water in the Atlantic. That picture has more pixels than there are grains of sand on every beach in this world, plus ever beach on every other world in the universe. Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.

Re: Help with fish ID #23882 11/27/06 07:33 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,160 Likes: 494 Northwest Ohio - Malinta OH B Bill Cody Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Bill Cody Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker B Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,160 Likes: 494 Northwest Ohio - Malinta OH	I am pretty sure that Asleep's minnow is a fathead. Compare his fish to the adult fatheads below. Note his fish is immature and that the 2 photos were taken at slightly different angles which will make fish to apprear slightly different. aka Pond Doctor & Dr. Perca Read Pond Boss Magazine - America's Journal of Pond Management

Re: Help with fish ID #23883 11/27/06 08:25 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,513 Likes: 271 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,513 Likes: 271 Miss.	After posting above I went to Wisc. Fish (you guys should use that site it is remarkable) and did some looking. The info is top quality - pics and text. Before I got confused by so many minnows/dace/shiners I checked the FH. Here they are including a yoy and the comment that YOY FH are more slender and less full bodied than adults. YOY FH FH snout Adult FH

Re: Help with fish ID #23884 11/29/06 06:22 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 135 NE Ohio A Asleep at the Wheel OP Lunker
OP Asleep at the Wheel Lunker A Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 135 NE Ohio	Sunil - I won't be able to make it to the conference. Please buy George a beverage of choice (BOC) for me. I have a brother in Pittsburgh and when I come visit I will get with you to settle up. Bruce - sorry about the overpixelization. My camera has a "macro" feature that allows close ups. Maybe I should have experimented with the shot before posting. Is there a way to know how the pic will appear when you pick "image" from the choices on Photo Bucket? Sometimes all the posts fit on my monitor without horizontal scrolling. Other times h. scrolling is required. My big pics required a lot of H. scolling. Any advice on managing this phenomena? 2/3 acre pond 12 miles from that big pond we call Lake Erie.

Re: Help with fish ID #23885 11/29/06 06:47 AM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,074 Plano, texas G george Member
george Member G Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,074 Plano, texas	Quote: Originally posted by Asleep at the Wheel: Sunil - I won't be able to make it to the conference. Please buy George a beverage of choice (BOC) for me. Any advice on managing this phenomena? I'm already in hot water over persistant re-sizing advise, so I'll pass on this one ... $\:D$

Re: Help with fish ID #23886 11/29/06 06:48 AM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,000 Likes: 286 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker
Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,000 Likes: 286 Central Ohio	AATW: I you don't preview the post before adding the reply, try that. Some methods for resizing photos are discussed in Pixel Police? and Posting Photos... "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: Help with fish ID #23887 11/29/06 09:06 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,854 Likes: 1 United States Bruce Condello Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Bruce Condello Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,854 Likes: 1 United States	Quote: Originally posted by Asleep at the Wheel: Bruce - sorry about the overpixelization. No worries. I'm just trying to be funny. $;\)$ $;\)$ $;\)$ Actually the detail I got on my computer was pretty amazing. I could see defects in individual scales. Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.

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